Sunday, 14 September 2014

September's Birchbox

September’s Birchbox has finally arrived. I
love the concept of a monthly beauty box: it's so exciting opening up your
box to see what lovely things are inside. It really does remind me of
Christmas. The theme of September’s Birchbox was ‘Happy Days’ (aw cute); the
theme was meant to evoke happy nostalgic memories from days gone by and to make
us look forward to new memories. It’s a really lovely theme idea but I couldn’t
really see how the samples fitted the theme (well, apart from the photo clip).
Anyway, this is what was inside my Birchbox…

I subscribe to Birchbox because I love
trying new beauty products (let’s be honest who doesn’t love beauty samples).
However, I do like that they include lifestyle products. I have wanted to try
Urban Fruit for a while now and I was so happy when I opened my Birchbox to
find a bag of ‘Magnificent Mango’. I haven’t eaten this yet but I can’t wait to
try it… yummy.

Now onto my favourite product in the box…
Benefit’s It’s Potent! Eye Cream. I love, love, love this product. I will
definitely be purchasing the full size version of this as soon as possible. I
can’t believe I have never come across this eye cream before, so thank you
Birchbox. This eye cream claims to ‘banish dark circles and smooth fine lines’.
I love the texture of the cream: it’s silky smooth and just melts onto the skin
without it feeling greasy. This cream definitely illuminated my eye area and
made it super soft, smooth and moisturised. I love this product.

I have read so many amazing reviews about the BeautyBlender; so I definitely
can’t wait to try this make up sponge. I must admit it would take something
rather spectacular for me to switch from my Real Techniques Expert Face Brush
but we’ll see… I also love that this sample comes with a solid soap to cleanse the
brush with. The ModelCo Lip Lacquer is definitely a nice surprise; I am not
that keen on lip glosses but this one is really lovely. I received the colour ‘Viva’
which is a bright bubblegum pink. The colour is highly pigmented and the gloss
is really hydrating and gives the lips a gorgeous glossy shine. It also tastes
like bubblegum (yum).

The Korres Citrus Shower Gel is also a nice
surprise (I never expected to receive a shower gel in my Birchbox). It smells amazing;
it actually reminds me of the shower gels that you get in hotels. Yes, it
smells that good. I haven’t used the Agave oil yet but I’m excited to try it.
It claims to ‘smooth the hair, build resiliency and boot shine and colour’.
This hair oil does smell absolutely incredible (vanilla and coconut…lush). I am
a massive fan of hair oils, so I definitely can’t wait to try this!

I was definitely very impressed with this month’s box. I can’t wait to see what October’s box brings…